"The creators of Abiword should be proud. They have created a solid word
processing application, one that is fast, cross-platform, and comes with most
of the bells and whistles you can find in other commercial packages. Give it a go today!"

"AbiWord's best feature, hands down, is its collaboration support. When talking about collaboration in other word processors, its dependent on one person working on the document at a time, then sending it to others with markup and comments. AbiWord, on the other hand, provides real-time collaboration."

Henry Kingman write about the new release:
Anyway, to make a long story short, Abiword 2.6.2 really *does* look
impressive. There are amazingly futuristic features, like hooks into Web
services, pop-out font previews, and presentation mode, combined with a
dead-simple interface that is miles better than OO.org's. Just a real
pleasure to use.

Mayank Sharma is reviewing AbiWord 2.6 for Linux.com.
"But make no mistake about it, AbiWord 2.6 is a hallmark AbiWord release --
cholesterol-free, fast, and with a couple of jaw-dropping features that you won't
find in any other word processor."

AbiWord 2.4.4 has been selected as Editors' Choice 2006 for Linux Journal.
"We want a word processor that is lean and mean, starts up faster than
OpenOffice.org Writer, imports Microsoft Word files adequately and offers
all the features we need. [...] AbiWord has all of what most people will
need in a word processor and then some, without the bloat and long load
times of OpenOffice.org Writer."

The Swiss daily newspapser Tagesanzeiger has published an
AbiWord review. It states: "Abiword ist ideal fÃ¼r Leute, die Â«einfach nur schreibenÂ» wollen",
which means: "AbiWord is ideal for people who just want to write".

The alternative office suites or how to replace office.
In spanish (from Argentina) by Marcelo Ruiz:
"AbiWord is recommendable for those who need a light and simple to use word processor."(Babelfish translation...).

Nick Wilgus reviews the alternive to Microsoft Office. He mention AbiWord:
"This product calls itself ``Word Processing for Everyone'' and so it is.
It's popular, and it's free. See www.abisource.com for more information."

Phil Hughes says: "Does this mean vi and Troff are out of my life? Certainly not.
While my use of Troff has declined over the past few years, it still has its place.
And even if Troff went away, I still need a comfortable text editor for my
programming tasks. So vi and probably Troff are here to stay in my life, but
I see AbiWord as an important tool to add to my toolkit."

Holly Lisle calls AbiWord "absolutely wonderful" in an overwhelmingly positive review.
"My first, general, and overall impression of AbiWord -- I love it. It seems to
have been designed with a writer in mind -- clean interface, fast, not a lot of
business features but all the text and formatting features you could want."

Wanda Sloan reviews the alternatives to Microsoft software. She says about AbiWord:
"AbiWord is yet more proof, as if any were needed, that open source software is
brilliant, user-friendly and consumer conscious. Like all such projects-Linux is a
great example-you can have the program source code, rewrite it and reassemble it to
your own specifications if you wish.
[...]
AbiWord not only gives you a top flight word processor, it also leaves you with
a fistful of money you can spend on some worthy cause such as several nights on
Ratchada."

Brian Proffitt over at LinuxPlanet.com takes a look at version 7.14-2 on Linux.
"There are a lot of areas where AbiWord has positioned itself very well against
[Microsoft Word]. I look forward to seeing more out of this strong open source
project."

Ulrich Schmitz reviewed AbiWord, and said lots of nice things about
it. He emphasized our cross-platform nature, and our ability to
handle lots of different formats. The major complaint is the lack
of macros, but they still like AbiWord. The article is in German.

Christian Schaller interviews lead AbiWord developer Dom Lachowicz.
Great information on Abiword features and back-end. Talk about file
filters and cross platform issues, and "friendly competition" from
OpenOffice.

LinuxOrbit - Making Linux Work In The Workplace: A Few Words On AbiWord
- January 7, 2001

Terril West has more than a few words to say about AbiWord 7.11.
"AbiWord has set out to become a lean, mean multi-platform word-slingin'
machine. And for the most part, it has succeeded."

LinuxPlanet reviews AbiWord as part of a series of Word Processor
reviews. The quote that blew me away was when LinuxPlanet referred
to the AbiWord community as "an active community of developers
making continual improvements to what may be one of the most anticipated
projects in Linux."

OnlineLinux - April 19, 2000

OnlineLinux takes a quick look at AbiWord 0.7.8. This review is of the X
Windows version, but what makes AbiWord great is that the Windows and Linux
version are always feature for feature compatible. [Sadly, OnlineLinux
is no more, but the review was real.]

Nick Smith takes a look at AbiWord 0.7.5. It's great to see that the
cross-platform approach that AbiSource is taking is being recognized.
This is a short review, but it is well-done, accurate, and complete.

A thorough review from featuring a number of screen shots of AbiWord in action.
Reviewer Jeremy Katz takes the time to mention subtle usability features, like
infinite undo/redo, which frequently get taken for granted (except when they
don't work).

This was a great piece from the perspective of a Windows user. AbiWord is not
as well known in the Windows community, but it didn't take Paul Thurrott long
to realize what kind of an impact a cross-platform Open Source word processor
could have.

Quite a thorough piece about AbiWord 0.7.1. We are flattered that Mr. Ayers
took the time to recognise the strength of choosing XML as our native file
format.

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